Veterans
Thank You

This Is a poem my husband sent to me before his return from Vietnam. I would like to dedicate this poem to all soldiers past and present. It was written by a soldier in Vietnam in 1970. Thank You to all, Veterans for being there!
Dianna Boyce

G.I. PROTEST

Take a man, then leave him alone,
Put him 12'000 miles from home;
Empty his heart of all but blood,
Make him live in sweat and mud;
This is the life I have to live,
And why my soul to the devil I give;
" YOU PEACE BOYS "
Rant from your easy chairs,
But you don't know what it's like over here;
You have a ball without near trying,
While over here our boy's are dying;
You burn your draft cards,
and march at dawn, and leave your sign,
On the White House lawn;
You all want to Ban the Bomb,
There's no War, you say, In Vietnam,
use your drug and have your fun,
and he refuses to lift a gun;
I'll hate you till the day I die,
There's nothing else for you to do,
and I'm suppose to Die for You?
You made me hear my buddy cry,
I saw his arm in bloody shreds.
I heard them say this one is Dead.
It's quit a price to have to pay,
not to live another day;
He had the guts to fight and die,
Paid the Price, but what'd he buy?
He bought our life by losing his,
But who gives a Damn,
What a soldier Gives.

Authour: Unknown Soldier

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